Important clash in the bottom section of the Premiership, with both Warrenpoint Town and Dungannon Swifts enduring more stress than pleasure. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the home side positioned 12th and the away team in 9th position.
- Warrenpoint Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (68) in Premiership
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Warrenpoint Town form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Warrenpoint Town have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 12 losses from their games here at Milltown Playing Fields. Warrenpoint has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Gray and the players.
O'Sullivan was the last player to score a league goal for Warrenpoint Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Warrenpoint Town haven't scored in 197 minutes.
The regulars are hoping that Warrenpoint will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Portadown (placed 11th).
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Cliftonville.Warrenpoint Town has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Warrenpoint having conceded 38 goals here at Milltown Playing Fields so far.
Dungannon Swifts form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dungannon Swifts so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 4-0-10 (win-draw-lose). When Dungannon Swifts is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Carrick Rangers, Portadown and Dungannon Swifts is teams we like to compare Warrenpoint Town with. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Dungannon Swifts's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The attacking players of Dungannon Swifts have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 278 minutes.
Dungannon failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Larne (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-2.
Prior to that match, the Dungannon Swifts manager Shiels faced defeat when travelling to Ballymena United and losing 0-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Dungannon Swifts are hosting Glentoran in the Premiership only four days away.
The visiting Dungannon have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Dungannon Swifts have conceded 32 goals in these games. When Dungannon is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Carrick Rangers, Portadown and Dungannon Swifts.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other already this season, with the result Warrenpoint Town - Dungannon Swifts 1-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Warrenpoint five wins, three draws and Dungannon Swifts two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been O'Sullivan with 7 goals scored against Dungannon Swifts in these 10 games.Top Goalscorers
  D. McBrien 8 goals | R. Mayse 6 goals | R. Campbell 6 goals |
Warrenpoint Town missing players
Dungannon Swifts missing players
| Warrenpoint Town | Dungannon Swifts | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 24 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 35 |
| 62 | 38 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 32 | 68 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 66% | 86% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 68% |
| 24% | 36% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 50% |
| 17% | 36% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 21% | 32% |
| 48% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 52% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 6.2 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.3 | 6 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 32% | 37% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 150% | 35% | 36% |
| 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 10.4 | 10.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.9 | 5 |
- Dungannon Swifts have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dungannon Swifts have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dungannon Swifts have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals (68) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Premiership
- Dungannon Swifts haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Warrenpoint Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Warrenpoint Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Warrenpoint Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Warrenpoint Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the fewest points (6) at home in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the most conceded goals (38) at home in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the the worst goal difference (-23) at home in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town have the the worst goal difference (-38) in Premiership
- Warrenpoint Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 31 | 62 |
| 2 | Glentoran | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 26 | 62 |
| 3 | Cliftonville | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 61 |
| 4 | Larne | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 51 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 49 |
| 6 | Coleraine | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 45 |
| 7 | Ballymena United | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -6 | 40 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 35 | 68 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -33 | 25 |
| 10 | Carrick Rangers | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -23 | 23 |
| 11 | Portadown | 29 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 59 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 39 | -36 | 17 |
| 12 | Warrenpoint Town | 29 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -38 | 12 |
